Thank you for your feedback! As far as eating apple goes... I'm not really sure why I did it. It seemed fun and kid-friendly which is what I was going for as far as why it's an apple, but I do appreciate input from someone who is knowledgable on snakes! I also largely based the art direction on the Google version of snake, which can be played in the search engine by simply searching "snake game", which also uses an apple for the collectable sprite. I said this in a reply to someone else, but I avoided making the snake faster over time/as score increases because I noticed in my own playtests that I thought it was really hard after reaching a certain amount of score (around 20 or so) because of how long the tail gets! The more I see comments about the speed and input delay the more I think it was a missed opportunity, and I think given the chance I would definitely at bare minimum increase the speed as the game goes on. Thank you for your detailed feedback! I liked your game a lot and it was very impressive to see a side scroller in JS!